program
Scientific Program
Wednesday 11th February
| Time | Presentation | Presenters / authors |
|---|---|---|
| All week | Coffee Cart | Proudly sponsored by NewSpec |
| 8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:45 | Welcome to Country | |
| 8:55 | Welcome | Will Rickard (AMAS President), Nick Wilson (Convenor) |
| Session 1 | Chair: Nick Wilson | |
| 9:15 Invited | Is it possible to observe the Li K spectrum of LiF with an electron probe? | Philippe Jonnard (Sorbonne Université – CNRS, Paris, France) |
| 9:40 Invited | Scandium in the tender region: transition metals, XR-HERFD, and critical minerals | Christopher Chantler (The University of Melbourne) |
| 10:05 | Correlated microanalysis using SEM and SIMS | William D.A. Rickard, Xiao Sun, David W. Saxey, Denis Fougerouse and Steven M. Reddy |
| 10:20 | µMEX: a spectroscopy-focused scanning X-ray microprobe at the Australian Synchrotron | Jeremy Wykes, Simon James, Pria Ramkissoon, Bruce Cowie, Negin Foroughimehr, Ben Pocock, Ben Baldwinson, Letizia Sammut, Luigi Feriani, Noah Kim and Melanie Hampel |
| 10:35 | Morning Tea | Proudly sponsored by MP Scientific |
| Session 2 | Chair: Colin MacRae | |
| 11:00 Invited | Making Standards-based EDS Analysis Easy and Reliable | Nicholas Ritchie (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, U.S.A) |
| 11:25 | Monte Carlo simulation of X-ray production due to Auger electrons | Peter Miller, Raynald Gauvin and Colin MacRae |
| 11:40 | EDS characterization of transition metal L-lines at varying beam energies | Steve Seddio and Ivan Mohelsky |
| 11:55 | Cathodoluminescence of lithium pegmatite from the Omeo zone, Victoria | Aaron Torpy, Rosa Didonna, Zsanett Pintér, Colin M. MacRae, and Nick C. Wilson |
| 12:10 | Trialing open-source automated mineralogy in QGIS: phase mapping and liberation analysis of complex geological and industrial samples | Paavo Nikkola |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Proudly sponsored by Oxford Instruments |
| Session 3 | Chair: Henrietta Cathey | |
| 1:40 Invited | Thirty years on, improving LA-ICPMS accuracy for trace elements in accessory phases especially zircon | Charlotte Allen (Queensland University of Technology) |
| 2:05 | In-situ laser ablation Lu-Hf apatite geochronology: applications to date mafic igneous rocks and detrital apatite | Melissa Kharkongor |
| 2:20 | FIB-SEM applications for nuclear material particle analysis: combined chemical, morphological and isotopic analysis | Xiao Sun, William D. A. Rickard, Andreas Hertwig, Axel Schmitt, Matvei Aleshin, Johannes Grimm, Ernesto Chinea-Cano, Laure Sangely, Michael V. Adamos and Matthew R Kilburn |
| 2:35 | Correlative microanalysis unveils solvent-assisted enhancement and passivation mechanisms in chalcopyrite leaching | Muhammet Kartal, Fang Xia, David Ralph, William D.A. Rickard, François Renard, and Wei Li |
| 2:50 | LALI-TOF-MS – A new microanalytical technique | Melissa Narbey |
| 3.05 | Pathways to diamond and graphite/diamond nanocomposite formation from compressed, flash laser-heated glassy carbon | Alan G. Salek, Dougal G. McCulloch, Brenton A. Cook, Thomas B. Shiell, Bianca Haberl, Reinhard Boehler, David R. McKenzie, and Jodie E. Bradby |
| 3.20 | Afternoon Tea | Proudly sponsored by Raymax Lasers |
| Session 4 | Chair: Matthew Weyland | |
| 3:50 Invited | Distribution of Ag and Mg in {111}α precipitate plates in Al-Cu(-Li)-Mg-Ag alloys | Shenlan Yang, Nick Wilson and Jian-Feng Nie (Monash University) |
| 4:15 | An atom location by channelling enhanced microanalysis (ALCHEMI) analogue in core-loss-filtered convergent beam electron diffraction | Michael Deimetry, Timothy C. Petersen, Matthew Weyland and Scott D. Findlay |
| 4:30 | From metastable phases to quasicrystals: atomic scale STEM characterisation of precipitation in Al-Cu-Pt alloys | Dipanjan Kumar, Jiehua Li, Tianchang Huang, Nikhil V. Medhekar, Matthew Weyland and Laure Bourgeois |
| 4:45 | 3D dopant localization via scanning transmission electron microscopy Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy | Michael Deimetry, Timothy C. Petersen, Matthew Weyland and Scott D. Findlay |
| 6.30 pm — 9.30 pm | Wednesday night social function, Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda. | Proudly sponsored by AXT |
Wednesday Night Social Function - The Sunroom, Hotel Esplanade
The Wednesday night social function will be yet more drinks and nibbles at The Sunroom, Hotel Esplanade (The Espy), 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda. Doors open at 6:30.
The Wednesday Night Social Function is kindly sponsored by AXT/TESCAN.
The Wednesday Night Social Function are for attendees who have registered for the AMAS 2026 symposium. Numbers are strictly limited, and names will be checked at the door. Sorry, no +1's, and no exceptions.
Getting there
The Espy is 2.1km from the conference venue at the Pullman Albert Park, along Queens Road, Lakeside Drive, and Fitzroy Street. You can also catch a Route 16 tram, which takes ~15 minutes.
The Sunroom has an entrance on The Esplanade, separate to the main entrance of the Esplanade Hotel. The doorway you're looking for is this one (at the left):
Taking care of dietary requirements at the Espy
If you've informed us of your dietary requirements when registering for AMAS, please also take a moment at your arrival to make yourself known to the Espy's catering staff in the Sunroom.
Thursday 12th February
| Time | Presentation | Presenters / authors |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Student Breakfast | Proudly sponsored by Technoorg Linda and Emgrid Australia |
| Session 5 | Chair: Aaron Torpy | |
| 8:30 Invited | Early American photographs viewed through the lens of microscopy & microanalysis | Edward P. Vicenzi, Thomas Lam, Rachel Wetzel and Shannon T. Perich (Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, USA) |
| 8:55 Invited | Ground truth: understanding Rembrandt's paint materials and practice | Caitlin Breare, Aaron Torpy, Nicholas Wilson, Cameron Davidson, Colin MacRae (National Gallery of Victoria) |
| 9:20 | Heavy metal predators: diverse elemental enrichment across the weapons of scorpions | Sam I.D. Campbell, Edward P. Vicenzi, Thomas Lam, Bryan G. Fry, Hannah M. Wood |
| 9:35 | Experimental analysis of reducing mineral damage using the EPMA cooling system | Rie Wakimoto, Koki Kato, Yasuteru Nawafune and Takanori Murano |
| 9:50 | Bones and Beyond – Characterization of mineralized tissues in biological samples | Jayanti Mendhi, Yuqing Mu, Ashley Locke, Goncalo Valentim Andre Da Costa, Agathe Bessot, Flavia Savi |
| 10.05 | A cryogenic-hyperspectral cathodoluminescence investigation of xenotimequartz-rocks from Wolverine heavy-rare-earth deposit (Browns Ranges, Western Australia) | Zsanett Pintér, Colin MacRae, Aaron Torpy and Nick Wilson |
| 10:20 | Morning Tea | Proudly sponsored by Coherent Scientific |
| Session 6 | Chair: Shenlan Yang | |
| 10:50 Invited | Experimental variation of microanalytical sensitivity using x-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy in the Analytical Electron Microscope | Nestor J. Zaluzec (ZNL-MMC, Bolingbrook, Illinois USA) |
| 11:15 | The pair-angle distribution function: a sensitive probe of medium-range order in amorphous materials | Alan Salek, Ryan Hogg, Krysta-Leigh Douglass, and Andrew V. Martin |
| 11:30 | Bulk purity versus nanoscale reality: correlative microscopy and mass spectrometry characterization of high-purity alumina | Tommaso Tacchetto, Allan Costine, Martijn Woltering, Callum McCauley, Louise Schoneveld, Mark Pearce, Zakaria Quadir, Denis Fougerouse, Steven Reddy, David Saxey, Xiao Sun |
| 11:45 | The investigation of shear on the transformation of dc-Si using a rotational diamond anvil cell | Sean L. Butler, Hendrik Heimes, Jodie E. Bradby, Dougal G. McCulloch |
| 12:00 | Using shear to unlock high-density carbon phases during compression of glassy carbon at room temperature | Inês F. Vaz, Alan G. Salek, Hendrik Heimes, Xingshuo Huang, David. R. McKenzie, Jodie E. Bradby, Dougal G. McCulloch |
| 12.15 | Lunch | Proudly sponsored by Oxford Instruments |
| 12:50 | AMAS AGM (State Ballroom) | Attendance is mandatory! |
| Session 7 | Chair: Heather Lowers | |
| 1:30 Invited | Electron probe microanalysis of volcanic silicate glass | Ery Hughes (University College London, UK) |
| 1:55 | Rare Earth ionic clays - an EPMA study | Colin M. MacRae, Nick C. Wilson, Aaron Torpy, Zsanett Pintér, Cameron Davidson, Mark Cooksey and Daniel Jewel |
| 2:10 | Well-done or rare earth elements: automated mineralogical characterisation for optimisation of rare earth mineral processing | Alexander T Walker, Laurence Dyer |
| 2:25 | Holistic materials and mineral characterisation with quantitative data and neural networks | Bernd Schulz, Kashmira Raghu, Feng Lin Ng, Richard Taylor, Eddy Hill |
| 2:40 | Unravelling the complexity of phosphorus deportment in goethite-rich iron ores using electron probe microanalysis | Anne J. Whitworth, Miao Chen, Mark I. Pownceby, Nicholas C. Wilson, Michael J. Peterson, Steve Peacock, and Rong Fan |
| 2:55 | Afternoon tea | Proudly sponsored by ZEISS |
| Session 8 | Chair: Nestor Zaluzec | |
| 3:30 Invited | EDS and EELS of lithium in a 0.5 to 30 keV Electron Microscope | Raynald Gauvin, Nicolas Brodusch and Stéphanie Bessette (McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada) |
| 3:55 | Advancing sustainable extraction of critical minerals: EELS analysis of nickel and cobalt in mine tailings | Edwin LH Mayes and Jang Mee Lee |
| 4:10 | Determining amorphous carbon’s nanostructure via the emerging PADF technique | Krysta-Leigh Douglass, Alan Salek and Andrew V. Martin |
| 4:25 | Absorption effects on the Pair-Angle Distribution Function | Ryan Hogg, Alan Salek, Dougal McCulloch and Andrew V. Martin |
| 4:40 | Shear driven phase transitions in highly orientated pyrolytic graphite | Brock M. Nicholas, Alan G. Salek, Hendrik Heimes, Xingshuo Huang, Jodie E. Bradby, Dougal G. McCulloch |
| 4:55 | Close | |
| 7:00 — 10.30 | Symposium dinner, Grand Ballroom of the Pullman Albert Park Hotel | Proudly supported by ThermoFisher Scientific |
Thursday Symposium Dinner - Grand Ballroom, Pullman Albert Park Hotel
The Symposium Dinner on Thursday night will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Pullman Albert Park Hotel (i.e. the symposium venue), starting at 7pm.
The Thursday Symposium Dinner is kindly sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Friday 13th February
| Time | Presentation | Presenters / authors |
|---|---|---|
| Session 9 | Chair: William Rickard | |
| 8:30 | Latest Developments in SEM-Based 4D-STEM Direct Detection and Advanced In-Situ TEM Solutions | Emily Chen |
| 8:50 | Investigating garnet inclusions via EBSD: new insights into their genesis and metamorphic evolution | Federica Boero, B. E. Sørensen, S. Ghignone, M. Bruno EMAS student prize winner |
| 9:10 | Critical metals in zinc ores: Incorporation of germanium in hydrothermallysynthesized sphalerite | Matthew Glenn, Weihua Liu, Colin M. MacRae, Zsanett Pintér, Aaron Torpy, Nick C. Wilson |
| 9:25 | Crystallographic analysis of defects by electron channeling contrast imaging (cECCI) | Kashmira Raghu, Bernd Schulz, Feng Lin Ng, Nathan Johnson, Hrishikesh Bale |
| 9:40 | High-quality sample preparation using broad ion beam milling | Márton P. Iritz and A. Szigethy |
| 9:55 | Multiscale probing of the microstructural corrosion-inhibitor transport pathway formation in aircraft coatings | Jing Jiang, Anthony E. Hughes, Sam Yang, Robert Hook, Dougal McCulloch |
| 10:10 | Morning Tea | Proudly supported by Technoorg Linda and Emgrid Australia |
| Session 10 | Chair: Zsanett Pintér | |
| 10:40 Invited | Cathodoluminescence in Critical Minerals Research | Heather Lowers, Danielle Olinger, Erin Marsh, Mitchell Bennett, Garth Graham MAS President representative |
| 11:05 | New hyperspectral cathodoluminescence spectra of gittinsite from Pajarito Mountain, New Mexico, USA | Paul Slezak, Siri L. Simonsen, Franziska D.H. Wilke, Richard Wendlandt, Michael Berger, and Murray W. Hitzman |
| 11:25 | Elemental analysis and cathode luminescence feasibility study of trapiche ruby | Junji Yamanaka, Keisuke Arimoto, Toshiya Atsumi, Tsubasa Yamada, Ryunosuke Kawamura, Satoki Shinozuka, Chiaya Yamamoto and Yasushi Takahashi |
| 11:45 | Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy to map plasmonic resonances in gold plates | Nisar Fatima, Patrycja M. Ballard, Zhou Xu, Joanne Etheridge, Alison Funston, and Amelia Liu |
| 12:00 | High resolution spectral cathodoluminescence collection in an EPMA | Nick Wilson, Colin MacRae, Aaron Torpy and Zsanett Pintér |
| 12:15 | Lunch | Proudly sponsored by Oxford Instruments |
| Session 11 | Chair: Nicholas Ritchie | |
| 1:10 | Mineral reference standards for EPMA-WDS: methods for evaluation of analytical accuracy for major and trace elements | Paul Carpenter |
| 1:30 | Obtaining a better understanding of the physics of WDS spectrometers through use of WDS-SD | Patrick Camus, Ken Moran, Michael Matthews and Richard Wuhrer |
| 1:50 | Development of background subtraction functions for trace element analysis with Electron Probe Microanalyzer | ShinIchi Hayashi, Rie Wakimoto, Naoki Kato and Takanori Murano |
| 2:05 | Using EPMA to probe elemental fluctuations in AM and MEA materials | Anthony E. Hughes, Nick C. Wilson, Colin MacRae, Ibrahim Ondicho, Azdiar A. Gazder Majid Laleh |
| 2:20 | Quantitative measurement of oxygen by Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis for estimation of iron oxidation state in the Fe-O and Fe-O-Si systems | Roman Starykh, Svetlana Sineva and Evgueni Jak |
| 2:35 | Comparison of different EPMA techniques for estimation of iron oxidation state in solid solutions of the Fe-O system | Roman Starykh, Svetlana Sineva, Joseph Otte, Craig T. Stoppiello, and Evgueni Jak. |
| 2:50 | A new SEM workflow for high-resolution imaging and microanalysis of beam- and air-sensitive materials in an open-access multi-user facility | Yin Yao, Simon Hager, Karen Privat, Shery Chang and Richard Tilley |
| 3.05 | Student prize awards Closing remarks |
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| 3.20 | Afternoon tea | Proudly sponsored by Do The Science |
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